SS Quah's Anything Goes

Whenever I stop at the traffic lights at the Dato Kramat Road/Petani Road junction, my eyes seldom fail to be drawn to the quiet shophouse b...

I'm quite sad that today's youngsters no longer know this popular childhood Hokkien ditty about the 12 animal signs in the Chinese c...

I recently had the opportunity to peruse some of the latest information brochures produced by Penang Global Tourism. Each brochure unfolds t...

My original title for this story was The long table but I then decided on this alternative title,  Addressing sensibilities , Anyhow, let m...

Let me not focus too long on the impressive track record of 15-year-old Poh Yu Tian. We know that he has already achieved much in the last e...

It's 12 noon in London, 7:00am in Philadelphia and around the world it's time for LIVE AID. If there’s anyone who hasn’t watched the...

I stepped out of the house last Saturday morning at six o'clock and was greeted by this sight of the  overhead   waning moon.

Old friends from our Westlands Primary schooldays gathered for a small chit-chat over dinner on Saturday night at one of Penang's oldest...

Finally, my friend and I have completed the workshop for this year's batch of Free School Guiders. Over the course of one-and-a-half day...

I wonder whether the cat on the cover of Carole King's Tapestry is still around? After all, the album is 53-years-old this week. Releas...

I received word today about the passing of a former teacher at Penang Free School. After his training from the Malayan Teachers' College...

UPDATE at 11.40am: He's done it! Poh Yu Tian is no longer a FIDE Master but a full-fledged International Master. Malaysia's 10th an...

Today is World Chess Day. Why so? Because 100 years ago on 20 July 1924, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded in Paris, France. He...

Among my photographs taken at the eighth Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship, the most captivating are not of the individual players but o...